Process for oxidizing alkyl-aromatic compounds
AssigneeUop LLC
InventorsAlakananda Bhattacharyya, Raymond C. Shih
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Abstract
A process for oxidizing an alkyl-aromatic compound is described. The process includes oxidizing the alkyl-aromatic compound to produce a first oxidation product; contacting at least a portion of the first oxidation product, a solvent comprising an ionic liquid, a bromine source, a catalyst, and an oxidizing agent to produce a second product comprising a mother liquor and at least one of an aromatic alcohol, an aromatic aldehyde, an aromatic ketone, and an aromatic carboxylic acid; and adding at least a portion of the mother liquor in the contacting step.
Claims20
A process for oxidizing an alkyl-aromatic compound comprising:
- oxidizing the alkyl-aromatic compound to produce a first oxidation product;
- contacting at least a portion of the first oxidation product, a solvent comprising an ionic liquid, a bromine source, a catalyst, and an oxidizing agent to produce a second product comprising a mother liquor and at least one of an aromatic alcohol, an aromatic aldehyde, an aromatic ketone, and an aromatic carboxylic acid;
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- adding at least a portion of the mother liquor in the contacting step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.